UGC NET Sociology Syllabus in Hindi PDF

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UGC NET Sociology Hindi Syllabus

Unit -1: Sociological Theory
 
1. Classical Sociological Traditions
2. Emile Durkheim
3. Max Weber
4. Karl Marx
5. Structure- Functionalism and Structuralism
6. Bronislaw Malinowski
7. R. Radcliffe- Brown
8. Talcott Parsons
9. Talcott Parsons
10. Claude Levi Strauss
11. Hermeneutic and Interpretative Traditions
12. H. Mead
13. Karl Manheim
14. Alfred Schutz
15. Harold Garfinkel
16. Erving Goffman
17. Clifford Geertz
18. Post Modernism, Post Structuralism and Post Colonialism
19. Edward Said
20. Pierre Bourdieu
21. Michel Foucault
22. Jurgen Habermas
23. Anthony Giddens
24. Manuel Castells
25. Indian Thinkers
26. K. Gandhi
27. R. Ambedkar
28. Radha Kamal Mukherjee
29. S. Ghurye
30. N. Srinivas
31. Irawati Karve
 
Unit – 2: Research Methodology and Methods
 
1. Conceptualizing Social Reality
2. Philosophy of Science
3. Scientific Method and Epistemology in Social Science
4. Hermeneutic Traditions
5. Objectivity and Reflexivity in Social Science
6. Ethics and Politics
7. Formulating Research Design
8. Reading Social Science Research, Data and Documents
9. Induction and Deduction
10. Fact, Concept and Theory
11. Hypotheses, Research Questions, Objectives
12. Quantitative and Qualitative Methods
13. Ethnography
14. Survey Method
15. Historical Method
16. Comparative Method
17. Techniques
18. Sampling
19. Questionnaire and Schedule
20. Statistical Analysis
21. Observation, Interview and Case study
22. Interpretation, Data Analysis and Report Writing
 
Unit -3: Basic Concepts and Institutions
 
1. Sociological Concepts
2. Social Structure
3. Culture
4. Network
5. Status and Role
6. Identity
7. Community
8. Diaspora
9. Values, Norms and Rules
10. Personhood, Habitus and Agency
11. Bureaucracy, Power and Authority
12. Social Institutions
13. Marriage, Family and Kinship
14. Economy
15. Polity
16. Religion
17. Education
18. Law and Customs
19. Social Stratification
20. Social Difference, Hierarchy, Inequality and Marginalization
21. Caste and Class
22. Gender, Sexuality and Disability
23. Race, Tribe and Ethnicity
24. Social Change and Processes
25. Evolution and Diffusion
26. Modernization and Development
27. Social Transformations and Globalization
28. Social Mobility
 
Unit – 4: Rural and Urban Transformations
 
1. Rural and Peasant Society
2. Caste-Tribe Settlements
3. Agrarian Social Structure and Emergent Class Relations
4. Land Ownership and Agrarian Relations
5. Decline of Agrarian Economy, De-Peasantization and Migration
6. Agrarian Unrest and Peasant Movements
7. Changing Inter-Community Relations and Violence
8. Urban Society
9. Urbanism, Urbanity and Urbanization
10. Towns, Cities and Mega-Cities
11. Industry, Service and Business
12. Neighbourhood, Slums and Ethnic Enclaves
13. Middle Class and Gated Communities
14. Urban Movements and Violence
 
Unit – 5: State, Politics and Development
 
1. Political Processes in India
2. Tribe, Nation State and Border
3. Bureaucracy
4. Governance and Development
5. Public Policy: Health, Education and Livelihoods
6. Political Culture
7. Grass-root Democracy
8. Law and Society
9. Gender and Development
10. Corruption
11. Role of International Development Organizations
12. Social Movements and Protests
13. Political Factions, Pressure Groups
14. Movements based on Caste, Ethnicity, Ideology, Gender, Disability, Religion and Region
15. Civil Society and Citizenship
16. NGOs, Activism and Leadership
17. Reservations and Politics
 
Unit – 6: Economy and Society
 
1. Exchange, Gift , Capital, Labour and Market
2. Mode of Production Debates
3. Property and Property Relations
4. State and Market: Welfarism and Neoliberalism
5. Models of Economic Development
6. Poverty and Exclusion
7. Factory and Industry Systems
8. Changing Nature of Labour Relations
9. Gender and Labour Process
10. Business and Family
11. Digital Economy, E-Commerce
12. Global Business and Corporates
13. Tourism
14. Consumption
 
Unit – 7: Environment and Society
 
1. Social and Cultural Ecology: Diverse Forms
2. Technological Change, Agriculture and Biodiversity
3. Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Ethno-Medicine
4. Gender and Environment
5. Forest Policies, Adivasis and Exclusion
6. Ecological Degradation and Migration
7. Development, Displacement and Rehabilitation
8. Water and Social Exclusion
9. Disasters and Community Responses
10. Environmental Pollution, Public Health and Disability
11. Climate Change and International Policies
12. Environmental Movements
 
Unit – 8: Family, Marriage and Kinship
 
1. Theoretical Approaches: Structure-Functionalist, Alliance and Cultural
2. Gender Relations and Power Dynamics
3. Inheritance, Succession and Authority
4. Gender, Sexuality and Reproduction
5. Children, Youth and Elderly
6. Emotions and Family
7. Emergent Forms of Family
8. Changing Marriage Practices
9. Changing Care and Support Systems
10. Family Laws
11. Domestic Violence and Crime against Women
12. Honour Killing
 
Unit – 9: Science, Technology and Society
 
1. History of Technological Development
2. Changing notions of Time and Space
3. Flows and Boundaries
4. Virtual Community
5. Media: Print and Electronic, Visual and Social Media
6. E-Governance and Surveillance Society
7. Technology and Emerging Political Processes
8. State Policy, Digital Divide and Inclusion
9. Technology and Changing Family Relations
10. Technology and Changing Health Systems
11. Food and Technology
12. Cyber Crime
 
Unit – 10: Culture and Symbolic Transformations
 
1. Signs and Symbols
2. Rituals, Beliefs and Practices
3. Changing Material Culture
4. Moral Economy
5. Education: Formal and Informal
6. Religious Organizations, Piety and Spirituality
7. Commodification of Rituals
8. Communalism and Secularism
9. Cultural Identity and Mobilization
10. Culture and Politics
11. Gender, Body and Culture
12. Art and Aesthetics
13. Ethics and Morality
14. Sports and Culture
15. Pilgrimage and Religious Tourism
16. Religion and Economy
17. Culture and Environment
18. New Religious Movements